My favourite up-and-coming band The Joy Formidable have just released some exciting news in the form of a lead single from the debut album!
The single is available on iTunes now. Entitled “Popinjay”, it will also be released as a very limited edition 7″ vinyl from April 5th. I have included the usual links below. There is [...]
This will wrap it up for TJF’s NYC tour blog. Thanks again to Ritzy for taking the time to write this for us!
11/01/10
“Man, it’s so loud in here, When they stop the drum machine”
We’re late and Joel’s mad. He’s even madder when he loses us to a Dunkin Donut in the Bronx. Morning session with [...]
09/01/10
“Big cheese, make me, mine says go to the office”
Central park in the sunshine. Squirrels, ducks, ice skating an elf, a helicopter tour and the sound of saxophones. Give some money to a guy who said he’d boxed with Joe Calzaghe and lost his front teeth. Then overhear him telling another group that he’d played [...]
Ritzy from the Joy Formidable kindly agreed to give us an insight to life on the road. The band spent last week in NYC playing two dates with Passion Pit before headlining two further sold out shows. Over the last two years my respect and admiration for the band both as artists and people has [...]
Music is an inspiration for us all as it shapes, touches and enlightens us in more ways than many of us imagine. At its most powerful it can help shape the world….Demand change and make politicians take note. This time of year the movers and shakers compile a list of who’s who for the forthcoming [...]
Let me set the scene: a sell out crowd in a converted church eagerly anticipating the entrance of tonight’s headliners. Then at 22.15, The Joy Formidable take to the stage and storm through a non-stop action-packed set. It was just the best form I have seen the band! Top of the bill suits them. Tonight [...]
Friday evening I caught up with Ritzy & Rhydian from The Joy Formidable before the sold out headlining show at Norwich Art Centre. To set the scene: Rhydian spent the first ten minutes ironing his shirt which is a first apparently. We were joined by Matt and Joel the band’s manager part way in. I [...]
